US Patent No: 7,955,272
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High performance coil wire
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Jun 7, 2011
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Sep 24, 2001
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09/962,004
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Abstract
A high performance coil over-core guide wire. The guide wire incorporates a nickel-titanium core with a stainless steel coil to provide a wire with improved kink resistance and good pushability.
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Cited Art
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| 4,841,976 Steerable catheter guide | 64 | 1987 | |
| 5,238,004 High elongation linear elastic guidewire | 201 | 1992 | |
| 5,372,144 Navigability improved guidewire construction and method of using same | 82 | 1992 | |
| 5,303,714 Guidewire for crossing occlusions in blood vessels | 52 | 1993 | |
| 5,385,152 Guidewire for crossing occlusions in blood vessels | 68 | 1993 | |
| 5,458,585 Tracking tip for a work element in a catheter system | 36 | 1993 | |
| 5,379,779 Zebra exchange guidewire | 55 | 1993 | |
| 5,498,250 Catheter guide wire with multiple radiopacity | 54 | 1994 | |
| 5,443,907 Coating for medical insertion guides | 50 | 1994 | |
| 5,951,494 Polymeric implements for torque transmission | 88 | 1997 | |
| 5,924,998 Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip | 42 | 1997 | |
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| 4,619,274 Torsional guide wire with attenuated diameter | 153 | 1985 | |
| 4,721,117 Torsionally stabilized guide wire with outer jacket | 207 | 1986 | |
| 4,748,986 Floppy guide wire with opaque tip | 270 | 1987 | |
| 5,636,641 High strength member for intracorporeal use | 138 | 1994 | |
| 6,106,485 Guidewire with shaped intermediate portion | 48 | 1997 | |
| 6,132,389 Proximally tapered guidewire tip coil | 23 | 1998 | |
| 6,666,829 Guidewire having linear change in stiffness | 12 | 2001 | |
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| 4,534,363 Coating for angiographic guidewire | 107 | 1984 | |
| 5,174,302 Variable radiopacity guidewire with spaced highly radiopaque regions | 76 | 1990 | |
| 5,259,393 Guidewire having controlled radiopacity tip | 75 | 1992 | |
| 5,363,847 Guidewire having double distal portions | 27 | 1993 | |
| 5,488,959 Medical guidewire and welding process | 47 | 1993 | |
| 5,421,349 Atraumatic proximal guidewire end | 17 | 1994 | |
| 5,640,970 Guidewire having a controlled radiopacity tip | 37 | 1995 | |
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| 4,763,647 Dual coil steerable guidewire | 133 | 1987 | |
| 5,147,317 Low friction varied radiopacity guidewire | 126 | 1990 | |
| 5,365,942 Guidewire tip construction | 75 | 1992 | |
| 5,333,620 High performance plastic coated medical guidewire | 116 | 1993 | |
| 5,720,300 High performance wires for use in medical devices and alloys therefor | 112 | 1995 | |
| 5,840,046 Guidewire having hydrophilic coating | 40 | 1996 | |
| 6,042,876 Guidewire having hydrophilic coating | 21 | 1998 | |
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| 4,832,047 Guide wire device | 79 | 1987 | |
| 5,228,453 Catheter guide wire | 113 | 1992 | |
| 5,722,424 Multi-coating stainless steel guidewire | 42 | 1995 | |
| 5,833,631 Fiber tip guidewire | 40 | 1996 | |
| 5,769,796 Super-elastic composite guidewire | 105 | 1997 | |
| 5,984,878 Multi-coating stainless steel guidewire | 45 | 1997 | |
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| 5,242,759 Joint, a laminate, and a method of preparing a nickel-titanium alloy member surface for bonding to another layer of metal | 86 | 1991 | |
| 5,213,111 Composite wire guide construction | 147 | 1991 | |
| 5,243,996 Small-diameter superelastic wire guide | 159 | 1992 | |
| 5,354,623 Joint, a laminate, and a method of preparing a nickel-titanium alloy member surface for bonding to another layer of metal | 57 | 1993 | |
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| 4,984,581 Flexible guide having two-way shape memory alloy | 372 | 1988 | |
| 4,991,602 Flexible guide wire with safety tip | 151 | 1989 | |
| 5,067,489 Flexible guide with safety tip | 155 | 1990 | |
| 5,664,580 Guidewire having bimetallic coil | 64 | 1995 | |
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| 4,545,390 Steerable guide wire for balloon dilatation procedure | 329 | 1982 | |
| 5,368,049 Superelastic formable guidewire with malleable cladding | 113 | 1993 | |
| 6,245,030 Flexible kink resistant, low friction guidewire with formable tip, and method for making same | 21 | 1999 | |
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| 5,154,705 Hollow lumen cable apparatus | 52 | 1989 | |
| 5,282,478 Guidewire extension system with coil connectors | 40 | 1991 | |
| 6,139,540 Guidewire with disposition to coil | 58 | 1997 | |
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| 4,925,445 Guide wire for catheter | 382 | 1989 | |
| 5,069,226 Catheter guidewire with pseudo elastic shape memory alloy | 252 | 1990 | |
| 5,171,383 Method of manufacturing a differentially heat treated catheter guide wire | 82 | 1991 | |
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| 5,695,111 Method of soldering TI containing alloys | 77 | 1994 | |
| 5,637,089 Superelastic guiding member | 128 | 1996 | |
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| 5,997,517 Bonding layers for medical device surface coatings | 262 | 1997 | |
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| 5,622,184 Guidewire and method of manufacture | 36 | 1994 | |
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| 5,542,434 Guide wire with deflectable tip and method | 39 | 1994 | |
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| 5,143,122 Composite flexible conduit assembly | 62 | 1990 | |
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| 5,531,781 Implantable lead having a steering distal guide tip | 45 | 1993 | |
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| 6,027,460 Rotatable intravascular apparatus | 64 | 1995 | |
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| 5,129,890 Hydrophilically coated flexible wire guide | 126 | 1991 | |
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| 5,230,348 Guide wire for a catheter | 115 | 1991 | |
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| 5,885,227 Flexible guidewire with radiopaque plastic tip | 33 | 1997 | |
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| 5,871,528 Temporary bipolar heart wire | 42 | 1997 | |
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| 5,118,907 System and method for medical device interconnection utilizing controlled dispensing of elongated interconnecting member | 7 | 1989 | |
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| 5,052,404 Torque transmitter | 70 | 1990 | |
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| 4,676,249 Multi-mode guidewire | 146 | 1986 | |
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| 5,373,856 Catheter guide formed notably from a multistrand spring sheath | 40 | 1993 | |
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| 5,120,308 Catheter with high tactile guide wire | 124 | 1989 | |
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| 5,891,055 Guide wire | 36 | 1994 | |
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| 4,932,419 Multi-filar, cross-wound coil for medical devices | 70 | 1988 | |
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| 5,477,864 Cardiovascular guidewire of enhanced biocompatibility | 65 | 1993 | |
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| 2001/0001,008 Transmitter/receiver for GMSK and Offset-QAM | 1 | 2000 | |
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| 5,368,048 Method of making radio-opaque tipped, sleeved guidewire and product | 32 | 1993 | |
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| 5,947,940 Catheter reinforced to prevent luminal collapse and tensile failure thereof | 89 | 1997 | |
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